Board of Trustees Focuses on Anti-Racism, COVID-19 at October Meeting
| by Sarah Ray
Middlebury Trustees participated in a retreat devoted to anti-racism and created a new trustee subcommittee on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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How to Foster a Mobile Mindset While Sheltering in Place
| by Netta Avineri, Gabriel Guillen, and Thor Sawin
Three Middlebury Institute faculty members, Netta Avineri, Gabriel Guillen, and Thor Sawin, share their experiences cultivating mobile mindsets in courses designed to rely heavily on personal interactions, partnerships, and travel, but had to be reimagined due to Covid-19.
Middlebury Institute Students Share Experiences from Remote Summer Internships
| by Kira Lemons
Middlebury Institute students share experiences completing immersive professional programs via remote learning. These positions connected students with professionals as near as Monterey and, domestically, as far as New York, NY. Internationally, students worked with clients in Switzerland and Malawi.
IEM Practicum and IPSS Internships for Fall 2020 Announced
| by Kira Lemons
In the fall semester of 2020, 34 Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey students will participate in semester-long immersive learning programs, working virtually with organizations around the country and the globe.
GIRS Students Take Part in Mock Television Interview with National Experts
| by Jarlath McGuckin
The Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) recently hosted Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Jill Dougherty, former CNN correspondent and instructor at Georgetown University, to lead a workshop entitled “How to Do a Television Interview.”
New Podcast Series on the Iran Nuclear Deal Launches
The Deal is a new podcast series hosted by Professor Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies telling the story of the Iran nuclear deal; how it came together, how it fell apart, and what that means for the rest of us.
Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia Fellows Featured on National Podcast
| by Jarlath McGuckin
This week, Professor Sean Guillory, host of the acclaimed SRB Podcast and digital scholarship curator in the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, featured four podcast pieces created by fellows of the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia (MSSR).
The Central Coast Highway 1 Climate Resiliency Study
| by Rachel Christopherson and Co-Authors and the Central Coast Highway 1 Climate Resiliency Study
What does a government agency do when faced with the threat of sea level rise inundating an eight-mile stretch of critical north/south highway (Highway 1), while simultaneously protecting critical habitat of national significance (Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve)? Conduct a study and call upon the experts.
Students Facilitate Rotary International Pre-Departure Orientation
Four Middlebury Institute International Education Management students facilitated a pre-departure training session for Rotary Exchange Youth Program, putting some of the lessons they are learning in class to practice.
International Education Management Faculty and Alumni Research Collaboration Published
Research by Middlebury Institute faculty member Anne Campbell and alumnae Erin Kelly-Weber MAIEM/MPA ‘19 and Chelsea Lavallee MAIEM/MPA ‘18 to be published in Higher Education special issue.